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êhapter two
for the nost part wlth the e.reeeent shapeil till p!.ai.ne, but tbe
western eÉtge ls nery lrregular. At the fnternattonal boundl.ary
lt lq about tweLve m1les vcidte, but ebout three milae north of
the bounelary lt extenêe westwarcl lnto Saskatehewq,n, the extenelon
betng Ebout elr ntlee wl€[e. North of thls the vcestern arargln
of the besln has three nore extensione, whisb were forned by
the etree.n from the weet whleh ctraln lnto the baeln. the Sourle
Rlrer haç eut a ûeep ehannel along the easters nargln of tbe
baein.
This soil uoner Ês hae been elgEaèy explalneê, eontalns.
a vanlety of solLe. South of the Soutb .&nËIer Creek the soll le
a very goocL sllt loa.m,, exeept for a snall area of boulcler tltl
whleh intruetres fron the sout,h.&-The fouf weetwari[ extenslons
of the baeln eontaia solLs whlch are baseð on a gravel-Iy
subsoll, anct nay be eonelitereel e,s general$] unsufted, to eqltlvat1on.
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-Ehe soll in the reEË of the zone rqnges frorn ffne to coa,rÉre
eanüy J.oa^n, but thene so$e townshlps, notabty south endl ureet
of taueler andl eest of êrencÈ tlalrlere 1n whleh pure candl tE
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blowa lnto duneË1-Îbe Eone as a, whole ls very suseepttble to
Ehsrt auûuaer &roughts but lt has one advantege over tbe t11,1
plalns whieb Ile to the east andl west. Ehe eand.y eer[lnent
whfch Ls eleposlted on flrnly paeked bould[er tlII forns E cateb,
besln for refnwater anel for water etre,lnlng lnts the zone fron,
97 $Eserlptlpn of &[ånltobF å eyaopeis of Surveyors
notee, BubllsÞeû ln 1895 by
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tb.e Þsnlnlon Ðept. of reüllgraülono
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